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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1483808" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Would you agree bear spray was ineffective for this guide, on this bear? He did deploy it. Officials said they smelled bear spray while examining and handling the dead bear's head. The can of bear spray was reported to be empty.</p><p></p><p>General comments:</p><p>With regard to F&G bias, why wouldn't they simply stick to the facts: bear spray was used on this bear and it failed to stop the bear's attack or save the victim's life. Here's the F&G Jackson area supervisor's statement, copied and pasted from the news article:</p><p></p><p><em>"We feel that he deployed that bear spray sometime after the initial attack, but before he succumbed to his injuries," he said. "A lot of people have said, 'Well, he sprayed the bear, and it didn't do any good.' We can't say that. <strong>We can't say that bear spray wasn't completely effective</strong>."</em></p><p></p><p><em>Say what</em>!? The man was killed. He's dead. Isn't it obvious - <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>the bear spray wasn't completely effective!</strong></span> How much less effective could it be?</p><p></p><p>As I consider the story, if the guide had time to deploy bear spray before the fatal bite or blow, he also had time to discharge a firearm, had one been accessible. He probably was proficient with that firearm. He was a big game guide, and it was his pistol. Wish he'd had it with him. No insensitivity here. Without discussion, we live, and don't learn very much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1483808, member: 4191"] Would you agree bear spray was ineffective for this guide, on this bear? He did deploy it. Officials said they smelled bear spray while examining and handling the dead bear's head. The can of bear spray was reported to be empty. General comments: With regard to F&G bias, why wouldn't they simply stick to the facts: bear spray was used on this bear and it failed to stop the bear's attack or save the victim's life. Here's the F&G Jackson area supervisor's statement, copied and pasted from the news article: [I]“We feel that he deployed that bear spray sometime after the initial attack, but before he succumbed to his injuries,” he said. “A lot of people have said, ‘Well, he sprayed the bear, and it didn’t do any good.’ We can’t say that. [B]We can’t say that bear spray wasn’t completely effective[/B].”[/I] [I]Say what[/I]!? The man was killed. He's dead. Isn't it obvious - [SIZE=4][B]the bear spray wasn't completely effective![/B][/SIZE] How much less effective could it be? As I consider the story, if the guide had time to deploy bear spray before the fatal bite or blow, he also had time to discharge a firearm, had one been accessible. He probably was proficient with that firearm. He was a big game guide, and it was his pistol. Wish he'd had it with him. No insensitivity here. Without discussion, we live, and don't learn very much. [/QUOTE]
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